City of Methuen Master Plan

Methuen Master Plan 2007
Complete final phase of athletic field renovations. ?
Develop new park in West End. ?
Build indoor pool in community. 2005
OBJECTIVE: ·Continue to make facilities more accessible to all persons including
those with physical disabilities..
Provide handicapped parking and curb cuts at neighborhood/community parks.
On-going
Provide bridges/ramps at curbed play areas and substitute wood chips for loose sand and On-going
stone gravel surfaces.
Make bathrooms, concession stand, picnic, beach, and shelter at Forest lake accessible. 2001
Develop new park in West End. ?
OBJECTIVE: ·Continue to restore/preserve historic sites and features and incorporate
these facilities into the city’s open space and recreation network.
Obtain easements as needed for repair of granite walls, turrets, gates, and fences in
central area of the city, particularly at the following:
Searles Bridge at Broadway near Organ Hall
2001
Tenney Estate Gates & Fences
2000
Pleasant Street
2002
Lawrence Street Cemetery area
2001
Tenney Wall (Behind Searles Building)
2002
East Street
2002
Restore Sands Stone Arch bridge off Hampshire Road 2005
Establish revolving fund for acquisition/preservation of threatened historic monuments 2003
and art/architectural works.
Develop passive recreation area at Tenney Estate Park. 2002
Historic sites to be improved/maintained:
Robert Rogers Birthplace
?
Lawrence Street Cemetery
2001
Searles Building
2002
Masonic Lodge
2001
Nevins Memorial Library
2001
Spicket River Falls Dam
2001
Methuen Mills Company
2001
Jute Mill
2001
Railroad Depot
?
St. Monica’s Rectory
2001
Riverwalk Project (Phase I/II)
2001-2002
Lowell Street Bridge
2001
Cotton Spinning Mill
2001
Establish new historic district boundaries 2001
GOAL 2: PROTECT NATURAL AREAS THAT ARE OF UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL
CHARACTER.
OBJECTIVE: ·Create conservation areas to protect natural features, endangered
species, habitat, and water supplies.
Develop system of open space greenbelts along wildlife, river, and/or wetland corridors.
Develop riverwalk along Spicket River connecting Organ Hall and lower Broadway area to Spicket Falls.
Establish Methuen link to regional Merrimack River trail. 2002
Acquire greenbelts and conservation land through direct or partial (easement)
On-going
acquisition.
Encourage open space regulatory mechanism that provides alternatives for subdivisions
without density bonuses and with specific open space standards. ?
Preserve greenbelt along Hawkes Brook, Methuen upland off Washington Street, and On-going
Harris Brook.
Work with public and quasi-public organization devoted to open space conservation to
increase their ability to assist in land acquisition. (Merrimack River Watershed Council, On-going
Essex County Greenbelt, etc.)
Encourage protection of farmland through Chap. 61 agreements
On-going
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